Practice

The school will recognise the importance of good practice by:

• Keeping and maintaining registers accurately
• Maintaining a consistent approach to marking registers
• Regularly analysing attendance data & comparing it against both the local and  national average, and considering the performance of key groups in comparison to the national data for that particular group.
• Ensuring prompt follow-up action in cases of non-school attendance
• Liaising closely with the school’s NAP/EWO, if appropriate
• Recording (and retaining) carefully, all telephone messages/email or contact from parents
• A signed copy of any correspondence to parents is retained by the school
• A referral is made to AST (the Attendance Support Team) for intervention using the electronic ASTR form